Plowshare-tongs.



N. M ULLETT.

PLOWSHARE TONGS. APPLICATIQN FILED Aue.19. 1914'.

Patented July 20, 1915.

NORMAN MULLETT, OF MORTTACH, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

PLOWSI-IARE-TONGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 19, 1914. Serial No. 857,567.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NORMAN MULL TT, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Morttach, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plowshare-Tongs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plowshare tongs, and has for its object to provide a construction of tongs whereby a plowshare may be firmly and securely held for sharpenlng, welding, pointing or other Work.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the tongs to a plowshare. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof the tongs removed from the plowshare. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tongs. Fig. 4 is a front end elevation thereof.

The tongs comprise handle members 1 and 2, which are pivoted together, at 3, where they cross each other, at a point where the lower handle member 1 is bent abruptly upward at nearly a right angle, as shown at 4, the portion 4 forming an abutment shoulder and terminating in a downwardly projecting hooked jaw 5.

The handle member 2 has a portion 6 which projects forwardly beneath and beyond the jaw 5'to a predetermined degree, a portion 7 projecting laterally at one side of the tongs at right angles to the handles, and a hooked jaw 8, bent upwardly and inwardly at the end of the portion 7 in a plane substantially at right angles to the hooked jaw 5, or transversely of the tongs.

the operation In the useof the device, the tongs are arranged as shown in a plowshare, the shoulder 4 being arranged to abut against the bottom of the landside Patented July 20, 1915..

Fig. l togrip and hold plate 9, and the hooked jaw 5 engaged with v the longitudinal free edge of while the portion 6 of the other handle or jaw member projects against the mold board side of the shank 10 of the share, parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof, While the part projects rearwardly at said side of the shank and the hook 8 is engaged with the rear edge of the shank, whereby upon exerting pressure upon the handlesjl and 2 the share may be held firmly gripped against independent movement longitudinally or laterally. By this means a hot'share may be firmly. held without; danger to the operator against any possibility of slipping While of sharpening, welding or pointing iscarried on.

I claim i Plowshare tongs comprising a pair of crossed and pivotally connected handles, one of said handles having a shoulder arranged said plate,

at an angle thereto at the pivot point and terminating in a downwardly bent hook shaped jaw, and the other handle having a straight portion projecting forwardly, below'and in advance of said bent laterally at right angles at one side of the tongs, and a hooked jaw at the end of said portion bent upwardly and inwardly in a direction toward and lying in a plane at right angles to the first-named jaw.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

Gno. R. FORSYTHE, F. L. MULLETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, I1. 0.

jaw, a portion.

NORMAN MULLETT. 

